JP2007130169A - Vacuum cleaner - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vacuum cleaner capable of easily cleaning a high place such as a ceiling even if its power is increased. <P>SOLUTION: The vacuum cleaner comprises: a suction port body 21 in which a suction chamber with a suction opening is formed on the bottom surface; a cleaner body 30 having a dust collecting chamber and a motor-driven blower and provided on the suction port body 21; an operation pipe 40 detachably mounted on the cleaner body 30 and having a handle part 41 on one end part; and a dust collecting hose 35 whose one end is connected to one end part of the operation pipe 40 and other end is connected to the cleaner body 30, and connecting the operation pipe 40 and the dust collecting chamber. When the operation pipe 40 is mounted on the cleaner body 30, the other end part of the operation pipe 40 communicates with the suction chamber. The cleaner body 30 is provided with an operation handle 50 with a grip part 52 above one end of the operation pipe 40 mounted on the cleaner body 30. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a so-called upright type electric vacuum cleaner provided with a vacuum cleaner main body provided on a suction port body and an operation pipe or the like that is detachably attached to the main body of the vacuum cleaner and has a handle portion at the top. About.

  Conventionally, a so-called upright type electric vacuum cleaner is known (see Patent Document 1).

  Such a vacuum cleaner has a suction port body in which a suction chamber having a suction opening is formed on the bottom surface, a vacuum cleaner body provided on the suction port body, and a handle that is detachably attached to the vacuum cleaner body. A handle portion is provided on the upper portion of the handle, one end of the dust collecting hose is connected to the upper end of the handle, and one end of the dust collecting hose is connected to the cleaner body. The dust collection hose communicates with the dust collection chamber in the cleaner body, and the tip of the handle attached to the cleaner body communicates with the suction chamber of the suction port body.

According to this electric vacuum cleaner, the handle can be removed from the main body of the vacuum cleaner, and the tip of the handle can be applied to the ceiling or the like, so that high places can be cleaned.
JP 2005-185342 A

  However, in such a vacuum cleaner, if the vacuum cleaner body is not lifted by holding the handle provided at the top of the vacuum cleaner body, the pipe tip cannot be applied to the ceiling or the like. In addition, when the power is increased, the main body of the vacuum cleaner becomes heavier, which makes it difficult to clean high places such as the ceiling.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a vacuum cleaner that can easily clean high places such as a ceiling even when power is increased.

The invention of claim 1 includes a suction port body having a suction chamber having a suction opening on a bottom surface, a dust collection chamber and an electric blower, and a cleaner body provided on the suction port body, and the cleaning device. A telescopic operation pipe that is detachably attached to the machine body and has a handle at one end, and one end connected to one end of the operation pipe and the other end connected to the cleaner body and the operation pipe; A vacuum cleaner having a dust collecting hose communicating with the dust collecting chamber, the other end of the operating pipe communicating with the suction chamber when the operating pipe is attached to the vacuum cleaner body. And
An operation handle having a handle portion above one end of an operation pipe attached to the cleaner body is provided in the cleaner body.

  According to this invention, since the operation handle having the handle portion above the one end of the operation pipe attached to the cleaner body is provided in the cleaner body, only the handle portion of the operation handle is held by hand. Thus, the other end of the operation pipe can be applied to a high place such as the ceiling without lifting the main body of the cleaner. Therefore, even if the power is increased, the high place such as the ceiling can be easily cleaned.

  Embodiments of a vacuum cleaner according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  An upright type electric vacuum cleaner 20 shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 includes a suction port body 21 having a suction opening (not shown) having a suction opening (not shown) on the bottom surface, a vacuum cleaner body 30, and the vacuum cleaner. A telescopic operation pipe 40 detachably attached to the main body 30 and an operation handle 50 provided on the cleaner main body 30 are provided.

  A rotary tube 22 that can be rotated in the front-rear direction is provided at the rear portion of the suction port body 21, and the rotary tube 22 communicates with the suction chamber of the suction port body 21. The upper portion of the rotary tube 22 is fixed to a connection portion 31 at the lower portion of the cleaner body 30 described later.

  The vacuum cleaner body 30 includes a dust collection chamber 25 formed therein, an electric blower 26 that makes the dust collection chamber 25 a negative pressure, and a dust collection filter (paper pack) that is detachably attached to the dust collection chamber 25. F and the like.

  Further, a connecting portion 31 protruding rearward is integrally formed on the rear side (right side in FIG. 1) of the lower portion of the cleaner body 30, and an opening 31 </ b> A is formed on the upper portion of the connecting portion 31. An attachment member 32 is attached to the side of the upper part of the cleaner body 30, and an attachment recess 33 is formed at the rear part of the upper part. A handle 38 is integrally provided on the upper portion of the cleaner body 30, and one end (the other end) of the dust collecting hose 35 is connected to the rear side of the upper portion, and the other end of the dust collecting hose 35 is connected. (One end) is connected to the rear end (one end) of the operation pipe 40. The dust collection hose 35 communicates with the dust collection chamber of the cleaner body 30.

  The operation pipe 40 is engaged with a handle portion 41 provided at the rear portion (one end portion), a connection body 42 provided in the vicinity of the handle portion 41, and an attachment recess 33 of the cleaner main body 30 provided at the connection body 42. It has the engagement protrusion part 43 (refer FIG. 6) combined. When the distal end portion (the other end portion) of the operation pipe 40 is inserted into the opening 31 </ b> A of the connection portion 31 of the cleaner body 30, the operation pipe 40 is connected to the rotary tube 22 of the suction port body 21. Then, when the engagement protrusion 43 of the operation pipe 40 is engaged with the attachment recess 33 of the cleaner body 30, the engagement protrusion 43 is locked to the attachment recess 33 by a lock mechanism (not shown) provided in the connection body 42. Then, the operation pipe 40 is attached to the cleaner body 30.

  The operation pipe 40 includes a large-diameter pipe 40A and a small-diameter pipe 40B inserted into the large-diameter pipe 40A. The small-diameter pipe 40B expands and contracts by sliding and moving within the large-diameter pipe 40A. Is. When the button 44 provided on the connection body 42 is pressed, the small-diameter pipe 40B can be slid. When the button 44 is released, the small-diameter pipe 40B is locked at that position.

  The lock of the engagement protrusion 43 is released by pressing a release button 46 provided on the upper portion of the cleaner body 30.

  The operation handle 50 is rotatably attached to the attachment member 32 of the cleaner body 30 and can be rotated and moved between the storage position shown in FIG. 1 and the use position shown in FIG. Then, when it is rotated to the use position shown in FIG. 2, the operation handle 50 is fixed to the use position by a lock mechanism (not shown). This lock can be released by pressing the release button 51.

  A handle portion 52 is provided at the other end of the operation handle 50, and a power switch (operation switch) S <b> 1 of the electric blower 26 is provided in the handle portion 52.

Further, the handle portion 52 extends in a direction orthogonal to the front-rear direction of the cleaner body 30 (the direction in which the cleaner body 30 is moved back and forth), and the operation pipe 40 attached to the cleaner body 30 is contracted. The length of the operation handle 50 is set so as to be positioned above the rear end of the operation pipe 40 in FIG.
[Operation]
Next, operation | movement of the vacuum cleaner 20 comprised as mentioned above is demonstrated.

  First, as shown in FIG. 4, the operation pipe 40 is extended, and the operation handle 50 is moved to the use position. When the power switch S1 is turned on, the electric blower 26 is driven and the air in the dust collection chamber 25 is sucked by the electric blower 26. Due to this suction, the dust collection chamber 25 becomes negative pressure, and this negative pressure acts on the suction chamber of the dust collection hose 35, the operation pipe 40, the rotary tube 22 and the suction port body 21, and dust is collected together with air from the suction opening of the suction chamber. It is sucked. Air and dust sucked into the suction chamber are sucked into the dust collecting chamber 31 of the cleaner body 30 through the rotary tube 22, the operation pipe 40 and the dust collecting hose 35, and the dust is collected in the dust collecting filter F. To go. The dust collection method may be a cyclone method without the dust collection filter F.

  The air sucked by the electric blower 26 passes through the motor of the electric blower 26 and cools the motor. The air that has cooled the motor is exhausted outside through an exhaust hole (not shown) provided in the cleaner body 30 through an electric chamber (not shown).

  When cleaning is performed, the floor surface and the like can be cleaned by holding the handle portion of the operation pipe 40 and moving the cleaner body 30 back and forth as shown in FIG.

  When it is heavy to operate the vacuum cleaner main body 30 with one hand, it is possible to move the vacuum cleaner main body 30 with both hands by holding the handle 52 of the operation handle 50 with the other hand as shown in FIG. it can. For this reason, the movement operation can be performed lightly. In particular, when the direction is changed so that the cleaner body 30 is twisted, the handle 52 is extended in a direction orthogonal to the front and rear of the cleaner body 30, so that the twisting operation becomes very easy.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 6, when cleaning is performed by removing the operation pipe 40 from the cleaner body 30, the cleaner body 30 can be lifted from the floor surface by holding the handle 52 of the operation handle 50 with the other hand. However, the vacuum cleaner main body 30 can be supported so as not to fall down. That is, with the vacuum cleaner body 30 placed on the floor, the cleaner body 30 can be supported and the tip of the operation pipe 40 can be brought into contact with a high position such as the ceiling. For this reason, even the cleaner main body 30 with high power can easily clean high places such as the ceiling and stairs.

  Further, since the power switch S1 is provided on the handle portion 52 of the operation handle 50, there is no need to route a signal line to the dust collection hose 35, which makes the dust collection hose 35 lighter and lifts the operation pipe 40. When the ceiling or the like is cleaned, the operation pipe 40 can be easily operated.

  When the cleaning is completed, as shown in FIG. 1, the operation pipe 40 is attached to the cleaner body 30 and expanded and contracted, and the operation handle 50 is rotated to the storage position. If the handle 38 (see FIG. 6) of the vacuum cleaner body 30 is held, the vacuum cleaner body 30 is easy to carry because the handle 38 is provided integrally with the vacuum cleaner body 30. For this reason, the vacuum cleaner It will be easy to carry to 20 storage locations.

  In the above embodiment, the operation handle 50 is rotatable, but it may be telescopic.

It is the perspective view which showed the external appearance of the vacuum cleaner which concerns on this invention. It is explanatory drawing which showed the vacuum cleaner of the state which rotated the operation handle of the vacuum cleaner main body shown in FIG. 1 to the use position. It is the bird's-eye view which looked at the vacuum cleaner shown from the 2nd from the upper part. It is explanatory drawing which showed the use condition of the vacuum cleaner shown in FIG. It is explanatory drawing which showed the usage method of the vacuum cleaner shown in FIG. It is explanatory drawing which showed the other usage method of the vacuum cleaner shown in FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 20 Electric vacuum cleaner 21 Suction inlet 25 Dust collection chamber 30 Vacuum cleaner main body 35 Dust collection hose 40 Operation pipe 41 Handle part 50 Operation handle 52 Handle part

Claims (4)

A suction port body having a suction chamber having a suction opening on the bottom surface, a dust collection chamber and an electric blower, and a vacuum cleaner body provided on the suction port body, and detachably attached to the vacuum cleaner body And a telescopic operation pipe having a handle at one end, and one end connected to one end of the operation pipe and the other end connected to the cleaner body, and the operation pipe and the dust collecting chamber communicated with each other. A vacuum cleaner in which the other end of the operation pipe communicates with the suction chamber when the operation pipe is attached to the cleaner body,
An electric vacuum cleaner characterized in that an operation handle having a handle portion above one end of an operation pipe mounted on the main body of the vacuum cleaner is provided on the main body of the vacuum cleaner.   The electric vacuum cleaner according to claim 1, wherein an operation switch of the electric blower is provided on the operation handle.   The vacuum cleaner according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a handle for carrying the cleaner body is provided on an upper portion of the cleaner body. The electric vacuum cleaner according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the operation handle is rotatable or telescopic.

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